Threat Detection & Takedown
Online Brand Protection for Financial Services
Protect your financial institution and customers from phishing, fraudulent banking websites, brand impersonation, and online scams. Netcraft detects threats across digital channels and works with infrastructure providers to rapidly take down malicious content.
Trusted by the World’s Largest Financial Institutions
Netcraft protects 7 of the 12 largest financial institutions in the U.S. and 9 of the world's top 15,
helping leading financial brands detect and disrupt online threats targeting their customers.
Protect Your Brand & Customers
Against Evolving Threats
Cybercriminals exploit the trust customers place in financial institutions, using phishing websites, lookalike domains, fake banking apps, and fraudulent social media accounts to steal credentials and facilitate fraud. Netcraft detects these threats across digital channels and works to take down malicious content, reducing the time criminals have to target customers.
Phishing & Fake Banking Websites
Online Scams
Social Media Impersonation
Mobile App Impersonation
Deep & Dark Web Threats
Let Us Take Brand Protection Off Your To-Dos
Your brand protection partner should do the heavy lifting so your security team doesn’t have to
Recoup Your Team’s Time
Save time with automated evidence gathering, attack analysis, and reporting.
The dramatic reduction in manual workload and the speed at which threats are detected and mitigated have had an overwhelmingly positive impact on our team. Netcraft’s low false-positive rate and ability to detect even cloaked or evasive phishing sites saves us time and sustains trust with our customers.
– SECURITY LEADER
Features Built for Financial Institutions
Netcraft's brand protection platform monitors domains, websites, social media, mobile apps, and other channels for threats targeting financial institutions. Security and fraud teams can investigate suspicious activity, review evidence, track takedowns, and report on threats through a centralized platform.
Track threats from detection through takedown, including evidence collected, provider communications, timestamps, and actions taken by Netcraft.
Gain visibility into processes to detect malicious content.
Create, customize, and share reporting dashboards.
Netcraft uses a combination of automated techniques to accurately detect threats, including:
Credential stuffing with automated form submissions.
Screenshot tool to bypass device restrictions, geo-fencing, redirects, and referral headers.
Use of a global network of 250+ proxies to fetch content and bypass blocking techniques.
A headless browser enables safe exploration of attacks from multiple locations.
Netcraft becomes the first victim using Netcraft Scam Intelligence (NSI) by conducting AI-driven victim emulation in live conversations with scammers. We proactively detect and intercept scams through peer-to-peer interactions before they harm your customers or brand.
Through abuse box processing, clients can directly send all scam screenshots to Netcraft. Using OCR (optical character recognition), we auto-extract phone numbers, URLs, and other information and submit to our threat feeds, ensuring the shortest possible time from detection to disruption.
Deliver Value. Fast.
323% ROI with a 6-Month Payback
A commissioned Total Economic Impact study conducted by Forrester Consulting found that organizations using Netcraft could achieve a 323% return on investment, with payback in six months. The study also identified significant time savings in phishing detection and takedown operations.
Unmatched Scale and Effectiveness
Netcraft monitors for phishing, fraud, scams, and other online threats around the clock, combining large-scale automated detection with machine learning and analyst expertise to identify and disrupt malicious activity.
Trusted Compliance and Security
Frequently Asked Questions
What is brand protection for financial services?
Brand protection for financial services helps banks, fintech companies, and other financial institutions detect and disrupt threats that misuse their names, logos, and digital identities. These include phishing websites, lookalike domains, fake banking apps, fraudulent social media profiles, and other impersonation scams. Netcraft monitors for these threats, verifies malicious activity, and coordinates takedowns to reduce customer exposure.
How can banks detect and take down fake banking websites?
Banks can identify fraudulent websites through continuous domain monitoring, phishing detection, and analysis of suspicious infrastructure. Netcraft detects threats across lookalike domains, compromised websites, and free hosting services, including sites designed to imitate legitimate banking portals. Confirmed threats are investigated and submitted for takedown, reducing the time criminals have to steal customer credentials or facilitate fraud.
How does Netcraft detect phishing attacks targeting financial institutions?
Netcraft combines automated detection, machine learning, and more than 90,000 human-authored rules to identify phishing threats targeting financial institutions. Its detection capabilities extend beyond newly registered domains to compromised websites, free hosting services, and other infrastructure used by cybercriminals. Analyst-reviewed evidence helps verify malicious activity and supports rapid takedowns.
How does Netcraft protect financial institutions from fake banking apps?
Netcraft monitors official and third-party app stores for malicious apps impersonating banks and other financial institutions. These apps may use legitimate branding to deceive customers, steal credentials, or facilitate financial fraud. Netcraft investigates suspicious apps and coordinates takedowns to remove confirmed threats from distribution channels.
Can financial institutions submit suspected phishing sites and scams to Netcraft?
Yes. Netcraft customers can submit suspected phishing websites, fraudulent domains, and other impersonation threats for investigation through their established reporting workflows. Netcraft analyzes these reports alongside its threat intelligence and detection data, verifies malicious activity, and coordinates takedowns for confirmed threats.
What should financial institutions look for in a brand protection solution?
Financial institutions should prioritize broad detection coverage, accurate threat verification, and proven takedown capabilities. A brand protection solution should monitor phishing websites, fraudulent domains, social media impersonation, malicious mobile apps, and other threats targeting customers. Buyers should also evaluate takedown response times, infrastructure relationships, managed services, and integrations with existing security and fraud workflows.
